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Joao Neves, Kvaratskhelia and Mendes ended up on the left flank in close proximity - an asymmetrical set-up intended to perplex Liverpool.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ways nearly 80 years later.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025
This pattern of abruptly rejecting safe foods can perplex parents and clinicians alike and, on the surface, can look like dieting.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2025
“Brand New Key” wasn’t the first No. 1 song to perplex listeners, and it wouldn’t be the last.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
“You puzzle me, Jane: your look and tone of sorrowful audacity perplex and pain me. I want an explanation.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Illegal shootings are “an overriding issue that just perplexes the heck out of me,” said Brian Millsap, an ornithologist at New Mexico State University.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
She perplexes the heart, in part because she's more than simply a Don Juan figure.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2022
“It’s one of the questions that perplexes me.”
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2022
Still, the trajectory of the conflict perplexes him.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2022
It is no wonder that Whitman, revolutionary in substance and form, perplexes the genteel and the cloistered.
From The Critical Game by Macy, John Albert
“We are a bit perplexed by the news,” they wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
But when the high-school band director googled the man behind the $10 billion proposal—a land-use lawyer named Sebastian Rucci—he was perplexed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“I’m perplexed by Buc-ee’s extremely aggressive position,” said Denenberg, who practices in New York, which is Buc-ee’s free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Then in the 2010s fertility dropped again, leaving researchers perplexed.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
I was still perplexed as I helped Gertrude prepare for her wedding.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
To think they have allowed him to enter the final year of his contract is perplexing - but that is where we are.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The weakness in the won then, has been perplexing to many forex analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
Those who dug into his background soon found a perplexing trail of bold statements and obfuscations.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
The mismatch between theory and observation remains one of the most perplexing problems in modern physics.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
Luckily, the children did not hear this perplexing remark; they were too busy staring at the regal woman with the elaborate fur-collared dress who had just entered the room.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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